Gabriella carried the paint trays from the sink to the shelves. It was the middle of lunch. The art room was very quiet. Gabriella didn't mind cleaning the art room. By doing this Gabriella doing the thing she loved most, silence. Gabriella lived with her mom, her older brother and six little sisters. It was never quiet in her house. When Gabriella finished cleaning the paint of the table she went into the second art classroom next door. When she went in she saw a girl with long blonde hair sitting at one of the tables painting. Gabriella knew who the girl was. She was Sharpay Evans. Gabriella had a few classes with Sharpay but she never spoke to her turned to look at Gabriella.
"Oh I'm sorry!" Said Gabriella.
"It's okay you can come in." Smiled Sharpay.
Gabriella gave Sharpay a quick smile and began to walk to the end of the classroom. As she walked past Sharpay she caught sight of Sharpays painting. It was a painting of the ocean with a full moon over it. It had different shades of blue and purple. Gabriella was amazed by the painting. It looked so real.
"Thats amazing!" Said Gabriella. "Did you do it?"
"Yeah I did it!" Smiled Sharpay.
"It's amazing!" Said Gabriella.
"Thank you!" Sharpay reached over and pulled out a chair. "Sit down."
Gabriella sat down next to Sharpay. Sharpay mixed some more colours and put them on the page.
"You like painting?" Asked Gabriella.
"Love it!" Said Sharpay, looking at her painting. "I'm almost done!"
"What are you going to do with it when your done?"
"I'm going to hang it on my bedroom wall." Said Sharpay, finishing up her painting. "Cause I have to share a room with my three sisters and two of them has the room covered in pink!"
Gabriella laughed.
"I know what that is like. There's eight kids in my family."
"Same!" Said Sharpay taking her eyes of the painting and turned to look at Gabriella. "Well seven. Three boys and four girls."
"There's seven girls and one boy in my family!" Smiled Gabriella.
"One
boy?" Repeated Sharpay. "I feel so sorry for him!"
"So
do I." Laughed Gabriella. "He's my moms first child!"
"I have an older brother called Ryan who's seventeen." Said Sharpay. "Then I have two other older brothers who are twins Zack and Cody they are sixteen. Then there's me. There's my two younger sisters, Rebecca and Jessica who are fourteen. They are also twins. Then theres Bailey who is thirteen."
"Wow that is a big family!" Laughed Gabriella.
"Tell me about your family!" Said Sharpay.
"Okay!" Began Gabriella. "Theres my older brother Robert who is seventeen. Then theres My younger sisters Miley, Alex, Mitchie, Amanda, Nataile and Kayleigh. Nataile and Kayleigh are four and three. Miley, Alex and Mitchie are fourteen, thirteen and twelve and Amanda is ten."
"Bailey is the youngest in our family."
"Kayleigh is the youngest in my family."
"I bet it's fun having a four year old and a three year old sister." Said Sharpay.
"Yeah!" Replied Gabriella. "A little crazy sometimes."
"Trust me sharing a room with Rebecca and Jessica Evans is total hell!" Said Sharpay, rolling her eyes.
Gabriella gave Sharpay a confused look.
"Why?"
"Where do I start?" Said Sharpay. "They have our room covered in pink and they are such drama queens."
"Oh come on! How bad can they be?"
Sharpay thought back for a moment.
"Well one time Rebecca fell and cut her knee and she thought she was gonna lose her leg. Then Jessica fainted when I got my braces removed!"
"Okay, maybe they drama queens!" Laughed Gabriella.
After a while the girls left the art room and went to class. After school the girls walked home together. They arrived at Sharpays house first.
"So this is my really small house!" Said Sharpay.
"It's bigger then mine!" Said Gabriella.
"Really?"
"Yeah!"
"Well I'll see you tomorrow!" Said Sharpay.
"The girls hugged before Gabriella walked her house that was another ten minute walk away.
Three days later Gabriella and Sharpay were now best friends. Gabriella became friends with Sharpays friends. The girls walked out of the school together
"So when to you want to go to my house!" Asked Gabriella.
"I don't mind!" Said Sharpay. "Maybe someday when we don't have any homework!"
"Okay then after that I can go to your house?" Said Gabriella.
"I don't think that will happen soon!" Said Sharpay. "My mom spends all her time working!"
"What does she work as?" Asked Gabriella.
"She works in a office!" Said Sharpay. "You walking home with me?"
"Not today!" Said Gabriella. "I want to look for my brother and ask him if he's coming home late or not!"
"Okay seeya tomorrow!" Said Sharpay.
The girls hugged and Sharpay started walking home. Ten minutes later Sharpay arrived home. The house was quiet. Sharpay put her house keys up on the coat-hanger and she saw a note next to the window that read:
I'm going to be late home today! I want Sharpay and Bailey to get dinner ready, Zack and Cody to clean up after, then Jessica, Rebecca and Ryan to help clean around the house. I'm not sure when I'll be home. Don't wait for me!! I'll see you tonight or tomorrow
x x x
Mom
"Great!" Sharpay said to herself.
She went into the kitchen to see Bailey sitting at the table reading.
"See the note?" Asked Bailey.
"Yes!"
"So, what do you want for dinner?" Asked Bailey, standing up with the book in her hand.
"Can we order pizza?"
"No!" Said Bailey, slamming the book hard on the table. "We got pizza last Monday!"
"Chinese?"
"We got Chinese on Tuesday!"
"Italian?"
"We got that yesterday!"
"I give up!" Moaned Sharpay. "What are you reading?"
"One of our old cooking books!"
"I'm gonna to my homework!" Said Sharpay, leaving the room.
"You have to help me!" Shouted Bailey.
"I know!" Sharpay shouted back. "I will!"
Sharpay grabbed her back and went up to her room.
Meanwhile back at the school Gabriella waited for her brother, Robert, there was no sign of him so Gabriella started walking home. She was standing at the top for the steps when four students came up to her. Two boys and two girls. The girls were twins and so were the boys. All four of them had blonde hair.
"Whats a nerd like you doing here so late?" Asked one of the boys.
Gabriella just ignored them.
"Are you gonna answer him?" The girl that was dressed in blue asked, she had a strong british accent.
"Yeah thats so rude, loser!" Said the girl that was dressed in the same outfit as her sister but it was in pink. She also spoke with a british accent.
One of the boys pushed Gabriella hard causing her to lose her balance and fall down the stone steps. The gang walked away and laughed. Gabriella hit her head hard in the fall. When she hit the bottom step she slowly lifted her head. Her head was spinning. She looked down to see her legs covered on blood. Her whole body was in pain. She lay at the end of the steps and waited for the pain to stop.
